The Brazilian Association of Photovoltaic Solar Energy (ABSOLAR) begins a new management cycle with an agenda aligned with the current challenges of the national electricity sector.
Barbara Rubim assumes the leadership of the Board of Directors with the commitment to collaborate in tariff modernization, expand institutional dialogue, guarantee sustainability in the photovoltaic sector and promote the integration of technologies and structural solutions that provide effective responses to generation cuts, power flow investment and the expansion of electrical infrastructure.
The entity's commitments were announced during the investiture ceremony of the new Board of Directors for the period 2026-2030.
The new agenda is based on the current scenario of strong growth in renewable energy sources and the need for regulatory improvements and adaptation of the country's electrical infrastructure, which has not kept pace with the evolution of solar technology in the last decade.
According to Bárbara, at this point in the electricity sector, the photovoltaic sector is no longer in the same situation as when solar energy began to take off in Brazil. “Now we face a historical paradox. Today, the country has already surpassed 68 gigawatts of installed solar capacity, consolidating itself as the second largest source in the Brazilian electricity mix and the sixth largest solar market in the world. This progress demonstrates the strength of the technology, but it also highlights the need to modernize the structures of the Brazilian electricity system,” she points out.
“Curtailment, energy flow reversal, and tariff debates demonstrate that the system wasn't designed to keep pace with the growth of renewable energy and the arrival of new technologies. But these aren't symptoms of failure. They're symptoms of a success that arrived faster than the structures could assimilate,” Bárbara adds.
The executive emphasizes that ABSOLAR's priority will be to provide technical support to help Brazil close this gap through planning, regulatory predictability, and institutional dialogue. Among the new administration's main commitments is to foster ongoing dialogue with governments, regulators, distributors, transmission companies, consumers, and policymakers.
“We will speak with all stakeholders in the electricity sector, even when the debate gets heated. But dialogue does not mean abandoning principles. We will present concrete proposals, technical data, and solid arguments,” says Bárbara.
Another strategic focus will be fostering convergence among the different segments of the Brazilian electricity sector. According to the executive, driving the energy transition requires integration among generation sources, technologies, and market players.
“The Brazilian electricity sector no longer has room for divisions. The different forms of generation are not adversaries, but complementary. New technologies are our allies. A united sector can advance more than a fragmented one,” he emphasizes.
ABSOLAR's agenda will also prioritize issues such as expanding transmission and distribution infrastructure, electricity storage, green hydrogen, electric mobility, smart grids, and increasing consumer access to the free energy market.
For Bárbara, the sustainable growth of solar energy will depend on a combination of technological innovation, financing, regulatory stability, and the technical strengthening of the national electricity system. “Speed without stability creates vulnerability. We want a sector that grows with technical infrastructure, access to financing, predictable regulation, and technology that evolves at the same pace,” she explains.
According to Ronaldo Koloszuk , ABSOLAR's institutional vice president and chairman of the board for eight years, Bárbara possesses the technical expertise and institutional capacity necessary to lead the association in this new phase. "ABSOLAR will continue working to promote a stable regulatory environment, stimulate investment, and support the balanced growth of the entire solar ecosystem in Brazil," he emphasized.
“On behalf of the entire ABSOLAR team, I thank the outgoing board members for the transformative legacy they leave for the solar sector and warmly welcome the new members, who will help us build the future of solar energy in Brazil in the coming years. The association will remain committed to its mission of representing all links in the photovoltaic solar sector's value chain, in strategic areas such as the energy transition, distributed generation, centralized generation and new markets, storage, and the production chain, among others,” said CEO and co-founder of the organization, Rodrigo Sauaia .
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